In her project "Mask off", Mathilde Humbert deals with interpersonal encounters and the questions: What if all encounters with other people were visible on you, on your clothes? Who are the people who influence you? Her garments are like a mirror of her own thoughts and encounters: The surreal prints depict encounters with relatives, acquaintances or imaginary people. They are either very colourful or black and white and disturbing. Together with the form - exaggerated lengths, large hoods that cover the whole body - the clothes express an ambivalence of feelings: On the one hand, a great openness with which we encounter some people, and on the other, a closed-mindedness towards others.

Mathilde Humbert was born in 1993 and grew up in the French Alps. She lives in Saint-Aupre in France. In 2016, after an exchange semester in San Francisco, she completed her bachelor's degree in fashion design at the Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) in Switzerland. She completed several internships, including at Malhia Kent in Paris. Most recently, she presented her work at "Mode Suisse" in Zurich.